tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mwhite16//26 2007-04-22T23:11:15Z Movable Type 3.33 tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mwhite16//26.1868 2007-04-22T23:00:09Z 2007-04-22T23:11:15Z

Site Reviewed The AJACS team has a pretty good site for getting non-Indian users acquainted with an extremely diverse country and for keeping Indian users connected to the area where they from. There are still bugs, or "features," that I...

Mike ajacsreviewed]]>" label="ajacsreviewed]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> iteration3review]]>" label="iteration3review]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> Site Reviewed The AJACS team has a pretty good site for getting non-Indian users acquainted with an extremely diverse country and for keeping Indian users connected to the area where they from. There are still bugs, or "features," that I remember seeing in the second iteration. After clicking a link to read an article and then hitting the back button you are brought back a blank map and headline bar. I might suggesting putting an on.click button associated to city selection list so that users can reselect the same city over again instead of clicking a different city, then reselecting the original one. This is just a band aid fix. Good job overall, Mike]]> tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mwhite16//26.1846 2007-04-22T20:52:22Z 2007-04-22T21:04:45Z

Site Reviewed Another strong showing by Team Extreme. I liked how you guys changed the format for the discussion group from the overly complicated blog. I would think having to sign up for a third party service would be a...

Mike Site Reviewed Another strong showing by Team Extreme. I liked how you guys changed the format for the discussion group from the overly complicated blog. I would think having to sign up for a third party service would be a deterent to using your site. The only thing I would consider changing would be the second search bar. There are a few options in there, like related links and search area that could be placed out on the homepage. Good job. -Mike ]]> tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mwhite16//26.1798 2007-04-21T19:20:57Z 2007-04-21T19:37:20Z

Site reviewed I really like the simplicity and ease of use that accompany this site. Since it would be used by those who are currently members of the PWP program, there is no question that it would be useful to...

Mike hacknmashreviewed]]>" label="hacknmashreviewed]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> iteration3review]]>" label="iteration3review]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> Site reviewed I really like the simplicity and ease of use that accompany this site. Since it would be used by those who are currently members of the PWP program, there is no question that it would be useful to them. The only thing that I would suggest adding to the calender page are links to the PWP home page and other useful links. Good luck, Mike]]> tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mwhite16//26.1797 2007-04-21T19:09:26Z 2007-04-21T19:16:46Z

Thanks for your response to my question. After I left Bud's office I went down to the lab and found Jeff who pretty much told me the same thing that you did. I had just forgotten to put the childnode...

Mike miniproject3]]>" label="miniproject3]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> response to my question. After I left Bud's office I went down to the lab and found Jeff who pretty much told me the same thing that you did. I had just forgotten to put the childnode stuff in element retrieval section of code. To make a long story short, I just wanted to openly say thanks for busting out that response so quickly. Had I not been able to figure it out, I know your advice would have saved my butt. Thanks again, Mike]]> tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mwhite16//26.1796 2007-04-21T18:54:30Z 2007-04-21T19:09:07Z

Site reviewed Big changes from the last iteration. It was awesome to see you guys come up with ways to solve some of the questions that Mr. Gobel posed to you during his visit. You guys came up with the...

Mike iteration3review]]>" label="iteration3review]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> MyFavoritePlacesReviewed]]>" label="MyFavoritePlacesReviewed]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> Site reviewed Big changes from the last iteration. It was awesome to see you guys come up with ways to solve some of the questions that Mr. Gobel posed to you during his visit. You guys came up with the blog idea for the reviews and got that working. By tallying how many people mark places as a favorite, you are gathering the kind of data that he talked about as being valuable to marketers, so you could have a potential to make some money there. The only downside I could see to this is that users might get turned off by having to sign up for another website. Good luck, Mike]]> tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mwhite16//26.1794 2007-04-21T18:43:59Z 2007-04-21T18:53:33Z

Site reviewed Since this mashup looked so complete for iteration 2 I'm not suprised to find that not much has changed. At first glance I thought I was looking at the old version. I had to go back to the...

Mike iteration3review]]>" label="iteration3review]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> map]]>" label="map]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> Site reviewed Since this mashup looked so complete for iteration 2 I'm not suprised to find that not much has changed. At first glance I thought I was looking at the old version. I had to go back to the blogs to see what had been changed and upgraded. I thought it was a good scalability idea to put one marker per city and then put the list of names associated with that city in the bubble, since most users would probably have most of their friends in one or two cities. The only thing I would change with that would be to leave that bubble of names up after you click on it so in case you click the wrong name you don't have to close the wrong persons info bubble and reopen the city bubble. Other than that, you guys should start making some money of that site. Good luck, Mike]]> tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mwhite16//26.1795 2007-04-21T18:43:59Z 2007-04-21T18:54:03Z

Site reviewed Since this mashup looked so complete for iteration 2 I'm not suprised to find that not much has changed. At first glance I thought I was looking at the old version. I had to go back to the...

Mike iteration3review]]>" label="iteration3review]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> mapyourbuddiesreviewed]]>" label="mapyourbuddiesreviewed]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> Site reviewed Since this mashup looked so complete for iteration 2 I'm not suprised to find that not much has changed. At first glance I thought I was looking at the old version. I had to go back to the blogs to see what had been changed and upgraded. I thought it was a good scalability idea to put one marker per city and then put the list of names associated with that city in the bubble, since most users would probably have most of their friends in one or two cities. The only thing I would change with that would be to leave that bubble of names up after you click on it so in case you click the wrong name you don't have to close the wrong persons info bubble and reopen the city bubble. Other than that, you guys should start making some money of that site. Good luck, Mike]]> tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mwhite16//26.1780 2007-04-19T23:29:30Z 2007-04-21T18:41:57Z

Jeff's Post I feel totally the same about Agile as Jeff does in his post. I think it's great for a small group of skilled programmers who are consistently working on familiar project material. In my experience in IS449 not...

Mike agile]]>" label="agile]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> Post I feel totally the same about Agile as Jeff does in his post. I think it's great for a small group of skilled programmers who are consistently working on familiar project material. In my experience in IS449 not all of these conditions were met. For projects like our mash-ups where some people are strong programmers and some...well, not so much, could be a hinderance due to lack of experience. Also, by having different schedules and not being able to work on the project together, you could possibly have communication lapses and end up with redundant steps performed. However, since this project wasn't too terribly complicated, I would consider using agile methods again if I had to do it over. -Mike ]]> tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mwhite16//26.1652 2007-04-14T19:48:07Z 2007-04-21T16:01:02Z

Here's the link to my 3rd installment of the source citing mashup. Fortunately Bud and Jeff were available to help me through some of the bugs at the end and I got it to work, for the most part. In...

Mike miniproject3]]>" label="miniproject3]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> link to my 3rd installment of the source citing mashup. Fortunately Bud and Jeff were available to help me through some of the bugs at the end and I got it to work, for the most part. In order to convert the nodes into the proper format, it would take extensive programming. So instead I just have the Author, Title, and Publisher Info spit out seperately.]]> tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mwhite16//26.1613 2007-04-12T18:15:57Z 2007-04-20T05:34:16Z

Good post on a good article. I agree with what the author said about Microsoft and their silly backwards compatibility. It seems like the more they try to retain it, the more they open themselves to security holes. What I...

Mike mac vs windows]]>" label="mac vs windows]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> Good post on a good article. I agree with what the author said about Microsoft and their silly backwards compatibility. It seems like the more they try to retain it, the more they open themselves to security holes. What I liked even more was the "battle of wits" between the Mac nerds and Windows geeks that followed the article. I recommend it if you are feeling the slightest bit inadequate; just read a few of the comments and your perspective will suddenly change. ]]> tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mwhite16//26.1612 2007-04-12T17:51:09Z 2007-04-20T05:34:16Z

My miniproject is supposed go to ISBNDB and get the author, title, and publisher info for a book based on the isbn number. In iteration two I was able to get it to display results. In iteration 3 I attempted...

Mike iteration two I was able to get it to display results. In iteration 3 I attempted to format the results in a way in which users could cut and paste them into a research paper. This didn't work so well in practice as the results come lumped together under just a couple tags and seperating and reorganizing it would be quite difficult. Instead, I decided to just keep the information under 3 broad headings of author, title, and publisher. I'm having trouble getting this part to work. I used all of the same files in iteration 3 that worked in iteration 2 with the addition of a javascript file (like the one from HRA that adds up the cash earned from selling the boards, boots, and bindings) that I was hoping to use to parse the XML returned by the search. If anyone has insight as to how this file should work, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mike]]> tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mwhite16//26.1562 2007-04-10T21:49:58Z 2007-04-20T05:34:16Z

Milot, I talked to Bud about the mini-project questions you asked me and I couldnt' answer. He said that in order to meet the "DOM requirement" you could parse the XML that you receive from WeatherBug and display it in...

Mike miniproject3]]>" label="miniproject3]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> Jeff's blog. I think it should help you out a little bit and it looks pretty easy to incorporate. Good luck bro. -Mike]]> tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mwhite16//26.1561 2007-04-10T14:06:40Z 2007-04-20T05:34:16Z

I missed lecture on JSON last week, so I'm trying to teach myself the basics. From the book, and from a blog I was reading, it looks like JSON does the same thing as XML using the Javascript language. If...

Mike JSON]]>" label="JSON]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> book, and from a blog I was reading, it looks like JSON does the same thing as XML using the Javascript language. If it is just that simple, I'm all for using fewer languages to do the same things. Some of the benefits I read about were faster execution times, easier scripting and better security for XHRs. If I'm way off or if you have some pearls of wisdom, please indulge me. -Mike ]]> tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mwhite16//26.1560 2007-04-10T13:59:49Z 2007-04-20T05:34:16Z

I heard this story on the radio and thought I'd share it with everybody. Apparently the metal back side of the soldier's ipod deformed the round he took enough so that the kevlar could finish the job. I've always heard...

Mike ipod]]>" label="ipod]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> story on the radio and thought I'd share it with everybody. Apparently the metal back side of the soldier's ipod deformed the round he took enough so that the kevlar could finish the job. I've always heard "sea stories" about guys carrying a small Bible in their left breast pocket and having it stop rounds. Maybe ipods are the new Bible. Not likely, but something to ponder. -Mike]]> tag:learningremix.net,2007:/w2007integ/mwhite16//26.1549 2007-04-06T22:50:21Z 2007-04-20T05:34:16Z

Kim, Thanks for the good idea in your review. I had never thougth of putting directions into the map, since our focus was mainly on showing what jobs were available in certain cities. Your logic fits perfectly with what we're...

Mike iteration2review]]>" label="iteration2review]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> mcubed]]>" label="mcubed]]>" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /> review. I had never thougth of putting directions into the map, since our focus was mainly on showing what jobs were available in certain cities. Your logic fits perfectly with what we're trying to do and I only wish I would have thought of it sooner. It seems like it would be pretty easy to do, but if anyone has any suggestions of where to start it would be appreciated. -Mike ]]>